Young people ‘exiled’ by house prices, say Fine Gael

Fine Gael has said the rise in house prices during the reign of the present Government has left young people priced out of the market, mortgaged to the hilt or “exiled to commuter-land”, far from where they work or were brought up.

“This Government has completely failed to get to grips with the major problems in our housing market and first time buyers are paying for that failure,” said the party’s environment spokesman, Fergus O’Dowd TD.